Home Welcome Crossroads School News Classroom Pages Programs Inquiry Zone NASA Explorer School Peace Education Audubon Center of the North Woods Intersession Media Center Parent & Community Teacher Resources Sitemap Calendar Staff Directory				Home > Programs > Inquiry Zone > IZ Aerospace Research Center > History of Flight  Print View History of Flight History of Flight - NASA presents the History of Flight for students Wright Brothers - On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. Visit the Smithsonian Museum Wright Brothers website to learn more about the work of the Wright Brothers. Find out who they were and about their invention of the first airplane. Go on a virual field trip to Smithsonian exhibit "The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age" by viewing video clips. Join NASA's tribute to the accomplishments made by the Wright Brothers in Re-Living the Wright Way. [Back]
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